estate-planning

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-1258 Peter Judson v. Robert I. Friedman Massachusetts 2025-06-09 Denied 14th-amendment estate-planning fiduciary-duty irrevocable-trust property-rights uniform-principal-and-income-act At the center of this case is whether a Settlor of an irrevocable trust has a 14th Amendment right to set the terms for their own estate without fear …
23-6813 Niki Hamidi v. Ike M. Iqbal California 2024-02-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP asset-concealment child-support child-support-modification creditor-rights creditors-rights estate-planning fiduciary-duty fraudulent-conveyance uniform-voidable-transactions-act voidable-transactions Whether the creation of a will and trust during child support modification proceedings, with the intent to hide income and assets and fraudulent conve…
20-1447 Kenneth R. Kunzer v. Lisa A. Hiniker, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-04-16 Denied Response Waived breach-of-trust civil-procedure embezzlement estate-planning fiduciary-duty fraud probate probate-law resulting-trust testamentary-intent trust-administration 1. Why did Magistrate Judge Menendez refuse to look at the Last Will and Testament and Codicil of Albert P. Herschler? 2. Why did Judge Menendez refu…
18-9009 Mirella Landi Adelman v. Lawrence Root, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-26 Denied Relisted (2)IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process estate-planning false-information guardianship legal-document mental-capacity personal-estate petition probate standing Whether the request or petition for guardianship for the person and estate of Daniel Lindsey Adelman was submitted under false information and should …